DataManipulation

Hi,
I have a .txt file containing some data and i want python to read from it and produce matrices out of this in order to create some graphs after. I have already succeded to read and reproduce the file using the 'string.split' command but i dont have the best result because it produces 1x1 matrices. Can somebody please give me some hint ?

More hint...

Originally Posted by Grim Archon

If you give us a hint as to the format of the text file we can give you a hint too

My .txt file contains alligned data in columns produced by 'fprintf' command and i want python to take these columns and to reproduce them as lists(tables) in order to make some graphs with matplotlib.
Thanks anyway for your interest,

Your code is simpler than mine but still has the same result. I cannot take [1][2] element for example. The columns number goes out of range after [0]!! I want the result to be 8x8 matrix and not 8x1 matrix!! Is there any way for it to be done ?

ok guys i will post the .txt file i want to manipulate so it will disolve the misundestandings....
So, my goal is python to reproduce the file ( originally produced by 'fprintf' command ) in lists so i can take ,for example , the first and the third column and plot them using matplotlib.